Ben Harper
Excuse Me Mister
Fight for your Mind
tabbed by: Brite
email suggestions/corrections bryan_rite@hotmail.com
A tab by the masterful Ben Harper. This is a combination of the version
he plays on his album "fight for your mind" and how he plays it live,
which has a lot of improvisation.
Guitar is tuned one tone lower (D G C F A D) but standard tuning sounds fine too.
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INTRO -
Easy but listen to the song to get the rhythm right.
d -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d
A -------1--0--------------------------------------------------------------------- A
F ------2-----2--0---0h2-----------------2---------------------------------------- F
C -----2-----------------------------2-------2----0---0--0----0---0h2---------2--- C
G ----0----------------------0--------------------------------------------0------- G
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D
d -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d
A -------1--0--------------1------------------------------------------------------ A
F ------2-----2--0---0h2---------------------------------------------------------- F
C -----2---------------------------2--2--2-----2----0--0---0--0h2----------------- C
G ----0----------------------0---------------------------------------0------------ G
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D
d -------------------------------------------------- d
A -------1--0--------------------------------------- A
F ------2-------2---0---0h2------------------------- F
C -----2-------------------------------------------- C
G ----0--------------------------0------------------ G
D -------------------------------------------------- D
VERSE -
Drop straight into the Verse and play the rest of the song.
This is how he plays it on the album but of course you have to improvise a lot
mix up the bass and treble notes a bit -- have fun
Remember, you aren't Ben so play how you like to play.
d -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d
A ---------------1----1--------------1----0-------------0---1---------------1----- A
F ---------------2----0--------------0----0-------------0---2---------------2----- F
C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C
G -----0----0---------------3----3--------------------------------0----0---------- G
D ---------------------------------------------3-----3---------------------------- D